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Tibet Protests Continue, But What About the Animals?

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After a chaotic few weeks of Tibet protests as the Olympic flame makes its way around the world, I think it’s time I had another moan-off about how animals are treated in China. Yes I think the human rights abuse is a very important issue that needs tackling, and my heart goes out to the victims involved. I do also think however, that the animals suffering in that corner of the world need our attention too.

You may remember me writing about the dog meat ban in Beijing a short while ago – China’s effort to clear up at least one of its problem issues that cause tourists to want to vomit or at least go all Ace Ventura and rescue the animals. As we all know, happy tourists = lots of money. If you’re horrified about the conditions for the people trapped in Tibet, so also spare a thought for the dogs and cats in China that are skinned for their fur or slaughtered for their meat (much like all the other animals around the world – pigs, chickens, cows – mind you).

Anyway, on another note – what’s with the shell-suited henchmen?!

Image: Foreign Policy / CC

Tags: cats, dog, fur, Olympics, tibet

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posted by keith on April 17th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

My sentiments indeed., trouble is politicians etc., never mention the abuse against sentinent creatures in China., which is a disgrace. Its only said on these welfare websites. People the world over have become very self centred and have no respect for each other let alone the defenceless ones.

posted by lizbeth on April 17th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

China has SOooo much to be proud of.. it’s super turbo charged eclectic modernization in a space of just 2 decades in all it’s major cities.. it’s trade, commerce, industries, and creating jobs for it’s people and was and prob still is the fastest growing economy ..
yet.. is has soooo much to be mortifully ashamned of.. it pitifully and mournfully lags behind all other developed or even undeveloped countries for that matter in the world possibly..in it’s utterly inhumane treatment of animals ..
personally I dont’ ! think it’s okay to eat dogs and cats.. but then again people will say you shouldn’t eat all the other animals (fair point).. .
it’s a case of immense pride and achievement and as far as I’m concerned.. also immense shame and loatheseomeness how animals (in meat/fur and bear bile trade) there are treated with not a shred of concern for their welfare and well being.. (pls support the bear bile effort to free these poor bears from their lifetime coffin shaped cramped cages (www.animalsasia.org)
so it’s a juxtoposition of paradoxically immense progress and yet.. immense non-existent progress frankly still in the dark ages really as far as animals are concerned.. there’s hope tho’ as more and more animal welfare orgs are starting to emerge over there.. but.. still a long way to go.. (a PeTA website in China woudl prob be a good idea..)

posted by Hilke on April 21st, 2008 at 11:15 am

There is China4animals group, Sirius in Hong Kong, Jill’s Blog for the bears, The Care2 community with thousands of members signing petitions committed on a daily basis. KAP in Korea where 2000000 dogs and cats are killed on a yearly basis, which is roughly 5.000 per day.
Personally, there is animal cruelty as well in Tibet, Animals in my book come first, and only when people deserve to be with animals then I will support a country. The Satoosh trade, a.s.o.,
Asia is brutal with animals, so are we, but skinning alive, racoons, wildlife, honest, I’ve seen enough to know I will never look at the beautiful artforms from Asia as I used, to me they represent a lack of compasion, an enjoyment to see an animal suffer. Different planet and I’ve got no feelings left anymore for people full stop

Tibet Protests Continue, But What About the Animals?

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